EP 1508251 A1 20050223 - RELAYING THIRD PARTY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH A PORTABLE WIRELESS SYSTEM
Title (en)
RELAYING THIRD PARTY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH A PORTABLE WIRELESS SYSTEM
Title (de)
WEITERLEITUNG VON FUNKKOMMUNIKATION EINER DRITTEN PARTEI DURCH EIN TRAGBARES FUNKNETZWERK
Title (fr)
RELAYAGE DE RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS DE TIERS PAR UN SYSTEME RADIO PORTABLE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0315513 W 20030516
- US 15309502 A 20020522
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2003220074A1] A portable wireless system is described. The portable wireless system has a controller that is operable to selectively configure the portable wireless system as a personal electronic appliance or a third party wireless repeater that is configured to relay wireless signals between a third party electronic appliance and a wireless network. Accordingly, the portable wireless system (e.g., a cellular telephone, a pager or a personal digital assistant) may act as a wireless repeater for third party wireless communications when the portable wireless system otherwise is not in use. In this way, the portable wireless system increases the utilization of existing wireless network infrastructures (e.g., a cellular telephone network) by making one or more unused wireless channels available to other devices. A novel incentives-based business model that encourages owners of portable electronic appliances to fully utilize existing wireless network capacity also is described.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04B 7/15 (2006.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/24 (2006.01); H04Q 7/38 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2009.01); H04Q 7/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H04W 88/04 (2013.01 - EP US); H04L 12/1403 (2013.01 - EP US); H04W 4/24 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 03101130A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2003220074 A1 20031127; US 8027635 B2 20110927; AU 2003230412 A1 20031212; EP 1508251 A1 20050223; JP 2005527162 A 20050908; WO 03101130 A1 20031204
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 15309502 A 20020522; AU 2003230412 A 20030516; EP 03724600 A 20030516; JP 2004507271 A 20030516; US 0315513 W 20030516